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02 August 2009

DEFCON17 observations

A few initial thoughts:

1. The Riviera is bursting at the seams to handle DEFCON. In particular, the ballroom/main speaking area is not sufficient to handle the crowds. It's not the goons' fault, it is a matter of layout and design. Clearing and filling rooms through the same bottleneck is a recipe for epic fail. My initial thoughts are to stagger talk times. Separate doors for entry and exit. Sure, you might miss part of a talk, but that's already happening. 00/+30, +15/+45, whatever it takes to make it work.

2. DEFCON is just too big to do all the things I want to do (Thank you very much, Captain Obvious!). In all seriousness, there are too many people I want to see and things I want to do just not enough time to do them all. I didn't even make it past the registration desk until Sunday! I hope Shmoocon stays small enough to be cozy.